Carton



Jan. 9, 1968 W. J, VAN DYCK cARTON Fi1ed Dec. 28 1965 ATToRNEvs noved,fhe unbToken tfay top 20 Inay be TeteleScoped ovef the partiallyfuptuTed cafton tray baSe 11, aS i1lL1s trated in FIG. 6, The vVallS ofthe top 20 vvill en1brace the fI1PtI1fed Side waHS of the tray baSe sothaf the fe integTated caTton can be handled as a unit and Will pfotectthe unuSed contentS, pending fuTthef need for diSpens ing the packets ZZof othef contents thereof In the illllStfated en1bodiInent the plane ofTu ture is nlidvvay betveen the ends of the cafton baSe tray. ThiSlocation is ap fopTiate wheTe theTe aTe two eqIlal size stackS ofpacketS ZZ, and it is deSired to eXpoSe only the packet edgeS to HngeracceSS. If it iS deSifed fo alSo expoSe poftionS of the packet SideS tofingeT access, the plane of TuptuTe can be offSet froIn the ceI1ter-Moreover, Inofe than one set of SCofe lines 1Z can be pfovided, if it iSdesifed to )1-ovide Sevefal planeS of fuptuTe, as where InoTe than twoStacks of packets 22 aTe Stored in the Sanle cafton.

I claim:

1. A cafton coInpTising an open top caTton tTay baSe vith Telativelyhigh side vvaHS and a cafton tTay top hav ing Telatively low Side waHSteleScopicany Teceivable over the high Side walls of the tray base,bfeak-away nleanS fof releasably attaching the top side vvans to thebaSe side WaHS dufing ShipPing and Stofage of Said carton, the Side waHSof the baSe having Score lineS tfanS vefse to the length of the baSe andon vvhich the Said baSe Inay be paftiaHy Tuptufed fof expoSUTe of a11deaSy access to cafton contentS after the said bTeakavVay IneanS has beenbfoken and the top Ten1oved from the carton, the Side WallS of thecafton to1) being unbToken and by Which the paTtiaHy ruptufed tTay baseInay be feintegTated by Teplacing the unbfoken top over the tray.

2. The cafton of claiIn 1 in Which the carton t1 ay base is nlade ofcoffugated cardboard, the tfay base having a bottofn in Which thecofrugationS run latefally acroSS the bottoTn, one of Saidc()1I11gationS being aligned on a line of bend on vVhich the partiallyruptnfed carton tfay baSe is hinged in the couTSe of exposing caTtoncontentS.

3. The caTton of clain1 1 i11 coInbination vvith a pTOp on which aninteTInediate poftion of the partiaHy TUptnTed Carton tfay baSe iSSuppofted to spTead the end poftions of the caTton tTay base in contentexposing position.

4. The carton of claiIn 1 in Which Said score lineS coIn prise lines ofpeffoTationS neaT the bottom of the said Side wanS and lineS ofseverance neaf the top of Said Side vvallS and beneath the unbroken SidevvallS of the top.

5. An easy acceSS cafton coInpTiSing an open top car ton base tTayhaving Side wanS vVith TuptuTable Scofe lineS transveTSe to the lengthof the baSe tray,

Said cafton baSe tray being made of coffugated cardboard, vvith thecorfugations being tTanSveTSe to the length of the baSe tTay,

one of said corTugationS being aligned With the Tuptufable Score lineSin the side WanS,

Whefeby on ftlpture of Said scofe lines the baSe tray vvi11 be hinged onSaid one of Said corrUgations 6. An easy accesS carton accofding toclaim 5 in cluding a prop poSitioned under said tTay in alignment WithSaid hinged corfugation to anow for nger accesS to edges of the cartoncontentS and TeInoval thereof thfough the Said open top.

Ieferences cffed UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,3S9,89 11/19Z0 IngHS ZZ91 Z177,034 10/1939 FleIning Z064S 11 Z,2SLS6S 8/1941 FoTman ZZ9-16 Z31S,999 4/1943 Holm 20645.11 3,14L6oZ 7/1964 AndeTSon 22987 Z,840 2936/1958 Paige 20644 3 l63 3S1 1Z/1964 BofgaTdt ZZ9S1 3,30S,078 Z/1967FeffeTa Z0644

1. A CARTON COMPRISING AN OPEN TOP CARTON TRAY BASE WITH RELATIVELY HIGHSIDE WALLS AND A CARTON TRAY TOP HAVING RELATIVELY LOW SIDE WALLSTELESCOPICALLY RECEIVABLE OVER THE HIGH SIDE WALLS OF THE TRAY BASE,BREAK-AWAY MEANS FOR RELEASABLY ATTACHING THE TOP SIDE WALLS TO THE BASESIDE WALLS DURING SHIPPING AND STORAGE OF SAID CARTON, THE SIDE WALLS OFTHE BASE HAVING SCORE LINES TRANSVERSE TO THE LENGTH OF THE BASE AND ONWHICH THE SAID BASE MAY BE PARTIALLY RUPTURED FOR EXPOSURE OF AND EASYACCESS TO CARTON CONTENTS AFTER THE SAID BREAK-AWAY MEANS HAS BEENBROKEN AND THE TOP REMOVED FROM THE CARTON, THE SIDE WALLS OF THE CARTONTOP BEING UNBROKEN AND BY WHICH THE PARTIALLY RUPTURED TRAY BASE MAY BEREINTEGRATED BY REPLACING THE UNBROKEN TOP OVER THE TRAY.